Name: German Heart Cookies
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Yield: 50
Ingredients: All-purpose flour - 3 ¼ cups; Unsalted butter - 1 cup; Unsalted butter - 2 tablespoons; White sugar - 1 cup; Eggs - 2; Confectioners' sugar, divided - 2 cups; Lemon juice, or more as needed - 1 tablespoon; Raspberry syrup, or more as needed - 1 tablespoon

Ingredients for - German Heart Cookies

1. All-purpose flour 3 ¼ cups

2. Unsalted butter 1 cup

3. Unsalted butter 2 tablespoons

4. White sugar 1 cup

5. Eggs 2

6. Confectioners' sugar, divided 2 cups

7. Lemon juice, or more as needed 1 tablespoon

8. Raspberry syrup, or more as needed 1 tablespoon

How to cook deliciously - German Heart Cookies

1 . Stage

Combine flour, 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, white sugar, and eggs in a large bowl and knead into a smooth dough. Shape into a ball. Flatten, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 2 hours.

2 . Stage

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets or line with parchment paper.

3 . Stage

Dust a work surface with flour and roll out dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut out hearts with a heart-shaped cookie cutter and arrange cut-out cookies on prepared baking sheets.

4 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from baking sheets carefully and transfer to wire racks. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.

5 . Stage

Mix 1 cup of confectioners' sugar with as much lemon juice needed to form a thick icing. Cover half of the hearts with the white icing. Mix the remaining 1 cup confectioners' sugar with raspberry syrup and cover the other half with pink icing. Let cookies stand until icing dries completely, about 2 hours, or up to overnight.